« We already knew the "acquired impotence", thanks to Martin Seligman who, before becoming the champion of positive psychology, had shown that by putting animals in a position of impotence (with the help of inevitable electric shocks), these unfortunates found themselves plunged into a kind of lasting depression: even if they were then put back in a pleasant context, they remained fearful and depressed; having learned to be powerless, they had developed a depressive worldview, and were no longer leaving it. Fortunately, this experience has its counterpart: by getting animals used to feeling good and safe in the presence of sound or light stimuli, a sense of confidence can be engrammed in their brains that then, even when placed in difficult situations, it will only take a click (the stimulus in question) to bring back the memory of well-being and thus give them a redoubled energy to get out of embarrassment - for example to cross a pool. A kind of positive Pavlovian conditioning that can increase our resilience... This is reminiscent of the "anchor," that small, precise gesture (e.g. holding the left wrist with your right hand) that sophrologists teach, only to regain a feeling of well-being that has been experienced in the past. »
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Patrice Van Eersel
Your brain has not finished surprising you |
Patrice Van Eersel
Your brain has not finished surprising you
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« The farmer who farmed his field on the banks of the Nile four thousand years ago was probably much more connected to life and its own nature than we are through our sophisticated technologies. We have created a civilization far removed from common sense. Cut off from nature, we delirious, in the etymological sense of the term that comes from the Latin verb delirare: we have "gone out of the furrow". We seek only to protect ourselves and conquer, we no longer know how to tame and dance with life. Our civilization is warlike and morbid. We want to tame and dominate everything even if we damage and kill, even to ourselves. »
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Patrice Van Eersel
Your brain has not finished surprising you |
Patrice Van Eersel
Your brain has not finished surprising you
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« Homeostasis is the ability of a system to self-regulate, i.e. to remain within a certain "viable range of instability." When everything is stable, it is death. »
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Patrice Van Eersel
Your brain has not finished surprising you |
Patrice Van Eersel
Your brain has not finished surprising you
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